Category: Academic Analysis
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A fragmented legal system and threat of deportation are pushing higher education out of reach for many undocumented students
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Vanessa Delgado, Professor of Sociology, Washington State University Students protest at Arizona State University in January 2025 against a Republican student group encouraging students to report their peers to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation. Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press The Trump administration is upending norms…
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Conflict at the counter: When pharmacists’ and patients’ values collide
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Elizabeth Chiarello, Associate Professor of Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis Pharmacists see themselves as vital gatekeepers – but at times, some critics treat them as physicians’ sidekicks. Witthaya Prasongsin/Moment via Getty Images Imagine walking into your pharmacy, handing over your prescription and having it…
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From trips to treatments: how psychedelics could revolutionise anti-inflammatory medicine
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nicholas Barnes, Professor, Translational Pharmacology, University of Birmingham Cannabis Pic/Shutterstock.com Once synonymous with hippies and hallucinatory experiences, psychedelic drugs are now being explored for their medical potential. The stigma of that era resulted in research being suppressed by drug laws, yet with mental health treatments hitting…
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Commando at 40: Schwarzenegger’s bonanza of bullets, bad guys and biceps rewards a rewatch
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Daniel O’Brien, Lecturer, Department of Literature Film and Theatre Studies, University of Essex Earlier this year I created a video essay about Arnold Schwarzenegger. While making it, I realised that Commando, Schwarzeneggers’ most excessive one-man-army film, was about to turn 40 – so I decided to…
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What are solar storms and the solar wind? 3 astrophysicists explain how particles coming from the Sun interact with Earth
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Yeimy J. Rivera, Researcher in Astrophysics, Smithsonian Institution The Sun occasionally ejects large amounts of energy and particles that can smash into Earth. NASA/GSFC/SDO via WikimediaCommons Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to…
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Starmer overlooks the negativity bias that makes Farage’s tactics so potent
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Matthew Flinders, Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield Keir Starmer’s legacy in British politics is already assured. No one in modern British history had managed to come to power with a massive majority and then…
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On a grim anniversary, an end to Gaza’s violence is suddenly clear – if both sides can make sacrifices
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Eyal Mayroz, Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney Two years into the most horrific chapter in the history of Israel and Palestine, a glimmer of hope has been offered to both sides by US President Donald Trump’s plan for a permanent…
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Birds all over the world use the same sound to warn of threats
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By William Feeney, Research fellow, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University; Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC) An angry Australian Superb Fairy-wren confronting a Horsfield’s bronze-cuckoo. David Ongley Language enables us to connect with each other and coordinate to achieve incredible feats. Our ability to communicate abstract…
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Hamas and Israel are on the verge of a ceasefire. What’s being left unsaid, though, could scupper the deal
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Martin Kear, Sessional Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Hamas announced that it has accepted several parts of the peace plan put forth by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to finally end Israel’s war on Gaza.…
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Why are the ICJ and ICC cases on Israel and Gaza taking so long?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Melanie O’Brien, Associate Professor of International Law, The University of Western Australia In September this year, a UN-backed independent commission of inquiry released a report concluding Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The report said: Israeli authorities deliberately inflicted conditions of life on the Palestinians…